“In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in ...” — Salman Rushdie Quote

“In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.”

“The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.”

“Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.”

“Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers.”

“For all good sorts of security reasons, Israel wants to remain the only nuclear power in the Middle East, but a nuclear-armed Iran could not attack or credibly threaten to attack Israel, any more than it could the United States, because it has a retaliatory capability.”

“I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.”